thiêu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 燒.

The second sense is semantically influenced by đốt, which means both "to set on fire" and "(of bugs) to sting" in Northern and Central Vietnam dialects.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiəw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰiw˧˧]
• Homophone: thiu

thiêu • (烧, 燒)

1. (transitive, usually of fire itself, uncommonly of people) to burn

   thiêu rụi ― to burn to the ground

   Ngọn lửa thiêu rụi cả toà nhà. ― The fire burnt the whole building to the ground.

   tự thiêu ― to self-immolate

   thiêu thân ― a mayfly

2. (colloquial, of mosquitoes) to bite a lot

   Ra vườn cần thận kẻo bị muỗi thiêu. ― There will be a lot of mosquitoes in the garden so be careful.